big

Pronunciation

• enPR: bĭg, IPA: /bɪɡ/

Adjective

big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)

1. Of great size, large.
   • Synonyms: ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive; see also large
   • Antonyms: little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute
   • Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.
   1. (informal) Fat.
      • Synonyms: chubby, plus-size, rotund; see also overweight
      • Gosh, she is big!
2. (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
   • Synonyms: full, great, heavy; see also pregnant
   • She was big with child.
3. (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
   • Synonyms: busty, macromastic, stacked; see also busty
   • Whoa, Nadia has gotten pretty big since she hit puberty.
4. (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
   • Synonyms: adult, fully grown, grown up; see also full-grown
   • Antonyms: little, young
   • Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.
   • We were just playing, and then some big kids came and chased us away.
   • She did it all on her own like a big girl.
   1. (informal, slang, rare, of somebody's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
5. (informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
   • That's very big of you; thank you!
   • I tried to be the bigger person and just let it go, but I couldn't help myself.
6. (informal) Important or significant.
   • Synonyms: essential, paramount, weighty; see also important
   • What's so big about that? I do it all the time.
7. Popular.
   • Synonyms: all the rage, in demand, well liked
   • That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.
8. (of a city) Populous.
9. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
   • You are a big liar.  Why are you in such a big hurry?
10. (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
    • There were concerns about the ethics of big pharma.
    • big money
    • Big Tech, Big Steel (large or influential tech or steel companies)
    • Big Science (science performed by large terms, of large scope, with government or corporate funding)
11. (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
    • Synonyms: fanatical, mad, worked up; see also enthusiastic
    • I'm not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won't stop you.

Adverb

big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)

1. In a loud manner.
2. In a boasting manner.
   • He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
3. In a large amount or to a large extent.
   • He won big betting on the croquet championship.
4. On a large scale, expansively.
   • You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
5. Hard.
   • He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.

Noun

big (plural bigs)

1. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
   • Synonym: big shot
2. (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
   • Synonym: big leagues
3. (university slang) A initiated member of a sorority who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
4. (BDSM) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
   • Antonym: little

Verb

big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged)

1. (transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To inhabit; occupy.
2. (reflexive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To locate oneself.
3. (transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To build; erect; fashion.
4. (intransitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To dwell; have a dwelling.

Alternative forms

• bigg
• bygg, bygge (obsolete)

Noun

big (uncountable)

1. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

Anagrams

• GBI, GiB, Gib., gib

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪx/
• Hyphenation: big

Noun

big m or f (plural biggen, diminutive biggetje n)

1. piglet, little pig
   • Synonym: keu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʲɪɟ/

Adjective

big

1. inflection of beag:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbiɡ/
• Hyphenation: bìg

Noun

big m (invariable)

1. star (entertainment)
2. big shot, big noise

Pronunciation

• • (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈbiːɡ]

Noun

big m (invariable)

1. important person
   • Agnëli l'è un big dl'indóstria e dla finânza.

     • G. Agnelli is an important person of industry and finance.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪɡ/

Verb

big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle biggin, simple past biggit, past participle biggit)

1. to build

Adjective

big

1. big

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːɡ/

Noun

big

1. Soft mutation of pig.

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA: [pɪ̀k]

Noun

big (inalienable)

1. belly, stomach, abdomen
   • shibig ― my belly
   • bibig ― her/his/their belly

Adjective

big

1. great